Places ProstheticShrew Wants to Go

One of the oldest cathedrals in the U.K. houses a priceless early manuscript.

A former graveyard for Riga’s elite is now a large park with elegant monuments.

A trove of history focused on Marks & Spencer, the British department store.

Next to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office stands this rose-colored mosque.

Malaysia's first and only glass temple.

Perhaps the biggest draw to this mosque is its remote location and lack of tourists.

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

One of Scandinavia's largest mosaics pays tribute to Danish art and science luminaries.

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

The Roman city was the birthplace of various emperors and is home to one of the empire's most impressive architectural feats.

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

A gruesome memorial for those lost in this area during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.